NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 2
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Working with the text
A. Discuss these questions in pairs before you write the answers.
Question 1.
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
Answer:
The Dog felt the need for a master because he no longer wanted to wander in search of food, and being scared of everyone who was stronger than him.
Question 2.
Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
Answer:
At first, the Dog chose the Wolf as his master. He left the Wolf on realizing that the Wolf was not as strong as the Bear. So, he chose the Bear as his next master.
Question 3.
Who did he choose next?
Answer:
The Dog chose the Bear to be his master after the Wolf.
Question 4.
Why did he seme the Lion for a long time?
Answer:
He served the Lion for a long time because he was the strongest beast in the jungle. The dog being his faithful servant enjoyed complete protection and security under the Lion.
Question 5.
Who did he finally choose as his master and why?
Answer:
At last, the Dog chose Man as his master because even the Lion was afraid of the Man, and so, he appeared to the Dog as the strongest beast on earth. The Dog wanted to serve the strongest beast on earth.
B. A summary of the story is given below. Fill in the blanks to complete it taking appropriate phrases from the box.
| a dog | stronger than anyone else | the strongest of all | a wolf | the bear | afraid of man | his own master | a lion |
This is the story of, ………. who used to be ………………… He decided
to find a master ………………. First he found , ……………… but the wolf was
afraid of ………………. The dog thought that the bear was …………………….
After some time the dog met ……………… who seemed the strongest.
He stayed with the lion for a long time. One day he realized that the lion was ……………….
………………….. To this day, the dog remains mans best friend.
Answer:
a dog; his own master; stronger than anyone else; a wolf; the bear; stronger than anyone else; a lion; afraid of man
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Working with language
A. Complete each of the following phrases with a suitable word from the box.
| school | fleet | brood | bundle | bunch | pack | flock | herd |
Answers
- fleet
- bunch
- brood
- flock
- bundle
- herd
- school
- pack
B. Make nouns from the words given below by adding -ness or -ity.
(For some words we need to add just -ty, or -y)
Answers
- honesty
- kindness
- cruelty
- calmness
- sadness
- activity
- creativity
- sincerity
- cheerfulness
- bitterness
- sensitivity
- greatness
C. Word search
1. There are twelve words hidden in this table.
2. Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.
3. All of them are describing words like ‘good’, ‘happy’, etc.
4. The first letters of the words are given below.
Horizontal: H R F F S G
Vertical: A WSFLQ
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D. Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given on the facing page.
Question 1.
Find the opposites of these words in the text above.
- ancestor : descendant
- wild : tame
- ancient : modem
- near : distant
- suddenly : gradually
Question 2.
Complete the following sentences.
i. The dingo is ……………
ii. Dogs were the …………. animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are (Think and name some other such animals.)
iii. The New World refers to ………….. Dogs were brought there from ………..
Answer:
i. a wild dog that looks and behaves like domestic dogs
ii. only domesticated; cattle, bears, elephants and monkeys
iii. Australia; Asia
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Family Tree of Dogs
Carnivores; Raccoons; Hyena; Dog or canine family; Panda; Bear
Domesticated
Wild: Wolf; Fox; Coyote; Jackal
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master Speaking
Here are some points from a similar story that you might have heard in another language. Dividing the class into two groups, try and tell the story in English. One person from each group can speak alternately. Your teacher will help you. As you tell it, one of you may write it down on the board.
How the Dog Found Himself a New Master A Mouse Maiden
Sample answer
Once there was a mouse who always wanted to be anyone else, but a mouse. She lived in a magician’s house. One day she ate the magician’s cheese, and it made him very angry. So, he decided to change the mouse into a mosquito, but the magician was not very good at magic. Unfortunately, he changed the mouse into a girl instead.
The girl was very beautiful. The magician’s anger cooled down, and he let her stay at her house. However, she decided to look for the strongest person so that she could marry him. She told the magician about this, and asked him who was stronger—the sun or the cloud.
The magician told her that the cloud was stronger because it could overshadow the sun and make it rain. But then,the magician thought it over and told her that the mountain was stronger than the cloud because the cloud was at the mercy of the wind. She should marry the mountain.
Just then, the girl realized that a mouse can easily make a hole in the mountain. She asked the magician to change her back to a mouse so that she could marry one. The magician did what he was told, and the mouse was delighted to become a mouse again.